A day for the homeless, and for solutions: #SeaHomeless

on Wednesday, May 31, 2017. (Matt M. McKnight/Cascade Public Media)

Seattle media organizations will focus on homelessness on June 28. (Matt M. McKnight/Cascade Public Media)

Homelessness by the numbers

Click to view the full infographic Infographic of 2016 data on homelessness in the Seattle area and around AmericaNote: An earlier version of the infographic had the incorrect amount awarded to emergency shelters providers for 2017-18. It has been corrected.
They subsist on the margins. They live in the spaces in between our homes and businesses and beneath our freeways. They are some of our society’s most vulnerable members, struggling with homelessness, and at last count, in King County alone they were more than 11,000 strong. That’s the equivalent of a city the size of Woodinville, living on our streets. Today, Crosscut joins a host of local media organizations in dedicating our website and our social media channels to them, and to finding solutions to a problem that has haunted this region for far too long. We will track the action on the page below, providing links to all the work from Seattle-area news outlets. Please help spread these good words on Facebook, and join the conversation on Twitter using hashtag #SeaHomeless.
 
Tammi Lynn, a landlord, rents her apartments to those on the verge of homelessness. Credit: Matt M. McKnight/Cascade Public Media
Wohnpark Alt-Erlaa was built in stages between 1976 and 1985.Credit: Hertha Hurnaus
quixote village
image of Michael, a homeless college student
 

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